Missouri-Based Comm Marines Shoot Radio Frequency to Peru in Worldwide Competition Noble Skywave

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marvin Diaz, a satellite communications operator with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, loads crypto on the PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 11, 2022. This training allows the 9th Communication Battalion to be capable of operating, defending, and preserving information networks to enable command and control for the commander in all domains, and support and conduct Marine Air Ground Task Force operations in the information environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alize Sotelo)

December 21, 2022 | Originally published by U.S. Marine Corps on December 7, 2022

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Marines, active and reserve, competed in Canadian Communications and Electronic Branch-hosted exercise Noble Skywave, a military-led, high-frequency (HF) competition.

“Noble Skywave is a radio hybrid mission competition to determine who can most efficiently use HF radio technology,” said U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael R. McKenzie, Inspector Instructor Regimental Communications Chief, Combat Logistics Regiment (CLR) 4, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve.

McKenzie is a native of York, Nebraska, and graduated from York High School. He joined the Marine Corps because he “had a calling to serve his country,” he said.

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